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Message: [QUOTE="JB123, post: 2696055, member: 7203"] As I look up the achievements of the major names that have been mentioned here, I'm actually liking my original pick of Vic Hanson. He might not have been as good as some others in his best sport, but he may well have been better than anyone else at his second-best and third-best major sports, if major sports are defined as football, basketball, and baseball. And it does seem to me that the main point of this question is to place special emphasis on how good a player was at their second-best (and in some cases third-best) sport. It's not surprising that the best multi-sport athletes would have been players from long ago, since specialization makes it harder to be as successful across sports nowadays. So my lists would be as follows: A. [U]All sports[/U] 1. Jim Thorpe (Olympic gold medal winner in decathlon and pentathlon; elite college football player) 2. Vic Hanson (NPOY and 3-time All-American in college basketball; 2-time AA in college football; drafted by the Yankees in baseball) 3. Deion Sanders (NFL Hall of Famer; quality pro in baseball) 4. Bo Jackson (Heisman trophy winner in football; quality pro in both football and baseball) (career sadly cut short by injury) 5. Jim Brown (one of the greatest football players ever; first-team All-American in lacrosse) B. [U]Football, basketball, and baseball [/U] 1. Vic Hanson (NPOY and 3-time All-American in college basketball; 2-time AA in college football; drafted by the Yankees in baseball) 2. Deion Sanders (NFL Hall of Famer; quality pro in baseball) 3. Bo Jackson (Heisman trophy winner in football; quality pro in both football and baseball) (career sadly cut short by injury) 4. Charlie Ward (Heisman trophy winner in football; quality pro in basketball) 5. Danny Ainge (college NPOY and excellent pro in basketball; played pro baseball) [/QUOTE]

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